Fly-front for garments.



PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

F. S. KOLB.

. FLY FRONT FOR GARMBNTS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 4, 1907.

INVENTOR.

Frances Sjfolb.

4 a 11 m F UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCES S. KOLB, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FLY-FRONT FOR GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed February 4,1907. Serial No. 355.734-

I Improvements in Fly-Fronts for Garments,

of Whiclrthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fly fronts for garments, andconsists in the provision of a continuous strip of material which issecured to the opening continuously along one edge thereof, said stripcontaining an extended portion, said extended portion adapted to befolded several times and button holes made therethrough, the narrowportion of said strip being adapted to be folded once, and buttonsattached thereto; in this manner a seamless edge is provided for theportion of the garment which will lie underneath when the garment isclosed, and a smooth edge with openings therein will be presented alongthe portion of the garment which will be outermost when said garment isclosed.

It consists further in the provision of the parts and theircombinations, and the mannet of applying the same to a garment,hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are hereby made a part ofthis specification, Figure 1 is the continuous blank strip which Iprovide for the fly front Fig. 2 is a garment with parts broken awayshowing the strip secured thereto; Fig. 3 is a garment with the partsgiven one fold and the folded end secured in position; Fig. l shows thegarment with the fly front completed and provided with buttons andbutton holes,

In the drawings, in which the same numer als indicate identical partstl'iroughout, 1 is the continuous strip which I provide for my improvedfly front, having the narrow portion 2 and the wider portion 3; 4 is thebody of the garment having the opening therein with the edges 5 and 6 towhich the strip 1 is to be applied. In Fig. 2 I have shown this stripapplied to the garment and secured along its continuous edge this willbe applied by fitting the same to the sides of the opening in theposition in which the parts will lie when the garment is ready for use,and it will be seen that the free edge of the strip when first appliedwill, on the edge of the opening 6 which. will lie underneath, extendoutwardly therefrom, whereas it will extend inwz'n'dly from the edge 5of the opening which, when the garment is completed, will lie on theoutside, or above. the stitching will ordinarily be begun at the innerend 7 of the opening, and the stitch then be carried first to one outerend 8 and then by properly positioning the garment beneath the needle,to the other outer end 9. v

The narrow portion of the strip is then cut approximately half awayacross, as shown at 10, where it joins upon the wider portion,

The garment being pliable,

and the narrow portion is then folded so that the edges of the fold arecontiguous, as appears at 11; the wider portion is also folded so thatthe edges are contiguous, as at 12, and then the operator will stitchfrom the inner end of the opening in both directions to secure the outerportion upon the under portion, along the doubled edge of said continuous strip. The operator will next stitch along a line following themiddle of the wider portion 13, whereupon this portion will be folded,until the edge of the folded portion is contiguous with the portionalready secured along the edge of the opening, as shown at 14', and thisfolded portion will then be tacked at intervals along the edge, as shownat 15. The buttons 16 may then be secured to the folded portion securedupon the edge 6, and the button holes 17 will be made through the outerdouble fold along the edge5 of the opening. The button holes may be madebefore the wider portion is folded the second time to its finalposition, or may be made after the same is folded and tacked in place,preferably at the latter time.

In this construction 1 provide a facing for the under portion of theopening in the garment which is formed of the two thicknesses ofmaterial, and has its free edge seamless; this arrangement provides afirm portion to which to secure the buttons, and also presents a moreiinished appearance. Along the edge (3 of the opening in the garment, itwill be seen that 1 provide four thicknesses of material, constructed byfolding the wider portion of the contiguous strip twice outwardly, andsecuring the folded portions properly, as described. Thereby I provide adouble thickness of material for the button holes, and at the same timeprovide a construction which, when the buttons are positioned in theholes, will conceal the buttons and at the same time render it unlikelythat the same can be easily pulled out or torn. The opposing faces ofthe opening in the garment are therefore formed along one edge of theopening of material folded once and having the buttons secured throughits double thickness; the face along the other edge is composed ofmaterial folded twice, and secured to the garment at both the inner andthe outer edges, the second fold being composed of two thicknesses,through which the button holes are made, whereby great strength andsecurit r are obtained. The last fold is not secured continuously alongthe edge of the garment opening but is tacked or securedat intervals, soas to admit the hand of the wearer in positioning the button.

My construction not only provides a neat fly front but one which is alsovery durable and easily secured in place, and by facing both edges ofthe opening with a continuous strip, tearing of the garment at the innerend of the opening is rendered impossible with ordinary use.

Having described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentis:

1.- A fly front for garments comprising a continuous strip having oneside edge unbroken and its other side ed widened throughout a portion ofits length, said strip being secured along its unbroken edge to theedges of the openings in said garment, said widerportion being adaptedto be folded and secured along said unbroken edge thereof to a garmentedge, and adapted to be folded again and secured at intervals along saidunbroken edge to said garment edge, said latter fold being provided withbuttonholes, said narrower portion of said strip, being adapted to befolded and secured along the unbroken edge of said strip to a garmentedge, and being provided with buttons.

2. A fly front for garments formed of a continuous strip of materialprovided with a lateral flap throughout a portion of its length andsecured continuously along its unbroken edge to the edges of the openingin the garment, and. adapted to be cut partially across its narrowportion adjacent the flap, whereupon both end portions of said strip arefolded longitudinally and secured along the unbroken edge thereof to thegarment edges, said folded flap portion being then securedlongitudinally along its middle line to said garment and folded againand secured at intervals along its edge to the garment edge, andprovided with buttonholes through the outer fold thereof, said narrowfolded portion being provided with buttons secured thereto.

3. A fly front for garments comprising a continuous strip of materialhaving one side edge unbroken and. its other side edge provided with aflap throughout a portion of its length and secured first by stitchingcontinuously along its unbroken edge to the edges of the opening in agarment, then said strip is cut partially across its narrow portion adja cent said flap and both portions are folded laterally and secured tothe edges of the opening in the garment by stitching continuously alongthe outer edge of said strip, whereupon said narrow portion is securedalong its inner edge to said garment and said wider portion is securedalong its middle line to said garment and the edges of the cut portionof said. strip are secured to said garment, and said wider portion isthen folded outwardly and secured to said garment through said foldedstrip portion at intervals.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCES S. KOLB.

lVitnesses:

GEO. W RIGHTMIRE, EDNA G. RIGHTMI E.

